Adaptive changes occur in the arm bone and soft tissue of the shoulders of young athletes participating in youth baseball and help protect them against injury, according to new research released today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine at the Telus Convention Center.
Toronto Public Health is investigating an outbreak of E.coli 0157 among individuals who attended a picnic in Scarborough’s Morningside Park on July 1. Several hundred people attended the event, which was a reunion for the Punqudutivu Students Association of Sri Lanka.
Compared to national statistics for the previous year, there has been an increase in the percentage of children living with at least one working parent and the percentage of children living in households classified as food insecure has declined. High school students were more likely to have taken advanced academic courses and the percentage of young adults who completed high school has increased. The adolescent birth rate has dropped to a record low.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced the first reported case of West Nile Virus of 2007. The patient is an adult from North Central Kansas.
Summertime is time for sun, swimming and sports. Here are some tips from John Marcucci, M.D., medical director of emergency medicine on the medical staff at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, on how to safely enjoy the season.
A team of international researchers has collected the oldest ever recovered DNA samples and used them to show that Greenland was much warmer at some point during the last Ice Age than most people have believed.
The study, carried out by the UGR, links fashion and other disciplines, such as painting, sculpture or architecture. It focuses on the work of the Spanish designer Jes?s del Pozo, and the “Generation of New Designers.” The researcher states that nowadays the two things that are most frequently shown are the body and underwear. The private sphere is entering the public sphere.
It has long been known that eating potatoes is good for bowel health, but new research suggests that they may also have a beneficial effect on the whole immune system. Especially if eaten cold or in a potato salad, Anne Pichon reports in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
Depression, anxiety, and low productivity will characterize the lunar jobs of tomorrow, says Rutgers-Camden HR scholar. Think your job is tough” Can?t wait for summer vacation to ?get away from it all?” Just wait, says a Rutgers University?Camden researcher. In the not-too-distant future, some jobs will challenge workers placed far, far away from it all.
The Healthy Home ? a model residence created to help property owners and residents improve the environmental health of their homes ? is celebrating its first year in operation.